Yet another case of Palestinian civilians brutalized in an appalling war crime. The UN Security Council will undoubtedly pass a resolution condemning this. And the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is already working on the editorial!
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 22, 2004 08:54 AMOr this?;
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=554042004
But alas, in the end, the Israeli's are still somewhat to blame;
"The report does lay some of the blame for the violence at the feet of Israel. It says that the failure to reach a substantive and acceptable peace agreement has led Palestinians to vent their feelings of futility against Palestinians."
Posted by: Kevin P. on May 22, 2004 11:11 AMWhat is a Post-Intelligencer?
Posted by: Joel on May 22, 2004 12:28 PMJoel—Post-Intelligencer is somewhat akin to post-nasal drip, only slightly less appealing.
Posted by: timekeeper on May 22, 2004 12:47 PMNo, no, a Post-Intelligencer is an organ that only reaches a state of enlightenment long after everyone else has.
In civil company, that's considered a more genteel definition of the paper than the street version: Dumb as a Post.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on May 22, 2004 05:19 PMMore on the Rafah Spin & Arabs' Crimes there:
Rafah - truth
Post-Intelligencer is to intelligence what post-coital is to coitus.
Posted by: Stefan Sharkansky on May 24, 2004 05:53 PM